Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore
JULIANNA BARWICK & MARY LATTIMORE Tragic Magic finds Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, two of contemporary ambient and experimental music’s most celebrated composers, synthesizing their respective crafts within the walls of Philharmonie de Paris, given access to the extraordinary instrument collection of the Musée de la Musique in partnership with the French label InFiné. The […]
Skullcrusher
SKULLCRUSHER And Your Song is Like a Circle, the second album from New York-based artist Skullcrusher, a.k.a. Helen Ballentine, winds its way into an everchanging, unstable core. Recorded piecemeal over a period of years following the release of her celebrated 2022 debut, Quiet the Room, And Your Song is Like a Circle does not capture experience – it gestures toward […]
The Belair Lip Bombs
THE BELAIR LIP BOMBS The Belair Lip Bombs might be Australia’s best-kept secret. But it won’t stay that way for long. Hailing from the coastal town of Frankston, the close-knit indie-rock four-piece have been building a loyal local following since they first formed eight years ago; fans across the band’s hometown of Melbourne and beyond […]
Ink & Dagger
INK & DAGGER From 1996 to 1999 Philadelphia’s Ink & Dagger burned like a roman candle, blurring the lines between punk, hardcore, and psychedelia, an enigma wrapped in rumors, vampire lore, and blood-spattered theatrics. Equal parts chaos and prank, their ever-shifting all-star lineup fed on the energy of others and spit it back out as […]
Ink & Dagger
INK & DAGGER From 1996 to 1999 Philadelphia’s Ink & Dagger burned like a roman candle, blurring the lines between punk, hardcore, and psychedelia, an enigma wrapped in rumors, vampire lore, and blood-spattered theatrics. Equal parts chaos and prank, their ever-shifting all-star lineup fed on the energy of others and spit it back out as […]
Ink & Dagger
INK & DAGGER From 1996 to 1999 Philadelphia’s Ink & Dagger burned like a roman candle, blurring the lines between punk, hardcore, and psychedelia, an enigma wrapped in rumors, vampire lore, and blood-spattered theatrics. Equal parts chaos and prank, their ever-shifting all-star lineup fed on the energy of others and spit it back out as […]
Ron Gallo
RON GALLO Ron Gallo and band celebrate release of new album “checkmate” out 10/17/25 on Kill Rock Stars. “The world is fucked, but the universe is inside you” is the common thread between all 4 albums of Ron Gallo – human, songwriter, musician and general disruptor. His debut album “HEAVY META” described by NPR as “literate […]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Piano & Voice
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH — PIANO & VOICE While best known for his contributions to independent rock music with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah over the last two decades, few are aware that the piano is the first, and primary compositional, instrument of Alec Ounsworth. Piano versions of his songs have occasionally made appearances on […]
Ratboys
RATBOYS Despite its title, Ratboys’ new album Singin’ to an Empty Chair is not defined by what’s missing. Rather, it’s the beginning of an important dialogue with a close loved one vocalist Julia Steiner finds herself estranged from. The music on the band’s sixth studio album – its first for New West Records – fills […]
Good Luck
GOOD LUCK Good Luck is a beloved punk band from Bloomington, Indiana that time has scattered across hundreds of miles. Their new record Big Dreams, Mister (the title of which should be read in the voice of an early 20th-century newsie) is their first in fourteen years, and it fucking rips. It exists in the […]